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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

732 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL 815 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

COMAL...BEXAR...HAYS AND CALDWELL.



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEOPLE IN GUADALUPE COUNTY

UNTIL 845 AM CDT.



AT 735 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY

RAIN CONTINUING FROM EAST OF SEGUIN EASTWARD TO FLATONIA AND

COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE TRAINING

ACROSS AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE LAST 3

HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY

AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING.  ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT

OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD

FRONT.



MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON OR NEAR IH35 FROM SAN ANTONIO EASTWARD SHOULD

ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR COMMUTING THIS MORNING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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